Guest brooksey Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Does anybody Know how long it would take to drive from Brisbane to Perth. Iv'e tried route finders and none seem to want to tell me distance or time. Is there only one route or several and has anyone tried it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gollywobbler Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Hi Brooksey It depends which route you want to take, and which places you want to see on the way? Google Maps Google Maps reckons that the most direct route skirts Adelaide. It gives the distance as 4,261 kms An alternative possibility is Brisbane/Mount Isa/Alice Springs - 2,700kms Google Maps From Alice Springs the route is via Leonora, then Kalgoorlie and then through to Perth. The distance is 2,476 kms. This would give you the chance to visit Uluru (Ayers Rock) on the way from Alice Springs to Perth. A fourth possibility would be that instead of turning left at Leonora and heading South to Kalgoorlie, you could turn right and go to Geraldton (2,421kms) and then 400kms down to Perth. Google Australia can produce Google Maps. Best wishes Gill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuju Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 You could also try www.whereis.com.au as that gives directions & k's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brooksey Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Thanks Gollywobbler and Stuju ,ive only just seen your replys. Dont know how i missed them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gollywobbler Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Hi Brooksey Please, please, please completely and utterly IGNORE my suggestion about going to Perth via Alice Springs. I have since discovered that the only sealed road between the NT and Perth is the Great Northern Highway or some such name. Look on the Laing O'Rourke website. They are the main Civil Engineers for it as far as I can gather. Something called the Gibb Highway (also via the Kimberleys) is a dirt track - I found that on YouTube. Apparently the Scenic Route from Alice to Leonora to Kalgoorlie to Perth requires an off-road capability vehicle plus a shed load of serious, expedition-type organisation beforehand. When Google maps said, "Road" I assumed it complied with my definition of a road. Sealed, drained and capable of being tackled in an ordinary car with no special preparation required. It is another dirt track, it transpires, which is often impassable except in the Bone Dry. The route via Adelaide might be proper, sealed road all the way but I am not even sure of that any more. I am really sorry but I had no idea till I saw the Laing O'Rourke website that Google Maps cannot be trusted to know what a "road" might be. Best wishes Gill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest John Sydney Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Go here Map Maker - Australian Travel Maps, Driving Directions and City Street Maps - Travelmate It will give you the kilometers plus time and will give you a step by step instructions (Australian) - ie " travel x highway 650 miles then turn right" Route it picked for me was Brisbane then to Adelaide aprox then Perth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mongrel Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Thats the route I picked for sept going to brissy. Funny oh hates flying but prefers it now god strewth women Mally PIO Turnip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brooksey Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 I can sudenly see the mutt (sorry i mean beauitiful pampered pooch) going in kennels sometime next year :emoticon-signxmas: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calNgary Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Lee give me a shout before putting Morris in kennels , cant see a reason why he cant stay here. Cal x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcocainmel Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Some very good friends of ours (Aussies) travel around Oz (driving/camping) every year. They have done for the last 10 years or so. I will speak with them tomorrow and let you know what they say!! Good luck Deb xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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